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‘MY ANCESTOR RAN AWAY WITH THE BULLOCKY AND TOOK THE MONEY’
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My mum was born in 1902 in Waiter on the Yorkshire Wolds, and in 1989 she told me that we had an ancestor who “ran away with the bullocky and took the money”. A bullocky was a local term for a cattleman. I thought no more of this comment until 1993 when she died. Realising I didn't know my grandparents, I wanted to find out about my background and the truth behind her story.
Mum's parents were Thomas Autherson, an agricultural labourer born 1863 in Warter, and Annie Watson born 1865 in Leeds. His father William was the son of Sally Richardson and Richard Autherson, who married on 13 September 1819 in Warter: two wealthy and educated farming families brought together.
